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Reach for the heavens, and hope for the future, and all that will be, not what we are.

John Denver

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John Denver
Age: 53 †
Born: 1943
Born: December 31
Died: 1997
Died: October 12
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Roswell
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Henry John Deutschendorf Jr.
John Deutschendorf Jr.
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Faith is a kind of knowing it is different from hope. My faith is that life is purposeful of that I'm sure. There is a God, there is intelligence, there is consciousness. And behind all of this, there is incredible compassion.
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I am the hawk and there's blood in my feathers, but time is still turning they soon will be dry. And all those who see me and all who believe in me, share in the freedom I feel when I fly.
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I don't want to just entertain people. I want to touch them.
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